From the
RichmondDispatch, Wednesday,
7/24/1861
, p. 2

Influx of Prisoners.
- A special train arrived here last night, at
8 o’clock
, bringing 631 prisoners, captured in the battle of
Manassas
on Sunday. The train was stopped some distance up
17th street
, where the prisoners were landed, and commenced their march for the prison
depot, on
Main street
, attended by about 300 men, who had been detailed to guard them. Some five or
six hundred more are expected this evening or to-morrow. The above number
includes officers and men.